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Animal Volunteering Advice

In terms of volunteering, working with animals is hugely popular with gappers, and there’s certainly no shortage of options to do so! Plenty have been there and done it and come home to tell the tales, many of which can be found in this section.

You can read about volunteering with orangutans in Malaysia, about seeing the Big 5 (elephant, leopard, lion, buffalo, rhino) in South Africa, about whale-watching in New Zealand and about conservationism in Borneo.

Hopefully you’ll find some inspiration in these articles to consider working with animals yourself on your gap year. If this is the case, have a browse of our opportunities to work with animals on your gap year.